Report into youth sexual violence and abuse released after 16 months
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Indigenous youths were twice as likely as non-Indigenous youths to be victimised, while girls were more likely to be victims, with the highest rates experienced by 13 to 16-year-old girls.
“Like many other social problems, it is concentrated in the poorest, most disadvantaged neighbourhoods and it is in these areas that support is most required,” he said.
The report, which includes previously unpublished data, shows consistently high rates for youth sexual offenders in north Queensland, Cairns, Townsville and Rockhampton.
Areas with 50 or more victims on average each year included Cairns, Toowoomba, Kirwan, Caboolture, Logan Central and Bundaberg.
In some of Queensland’s most disadvantaged locations, violence had become almost normalised, the report said.
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